Japan arrests man twice for hamster massacres
TOKYO: Police in Japan said Tuesday they had arrested a man over the killing of 30 hamsters at a hotel, weeks after he was detained for stomping to death 20 others.
Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man twice for killing hamsters. The man, a high school staffer from Iwate, has been charged with the gratuitous killings of about 30 hamsters in late March, carried out with the help of a 20-year-old woman. This incident followed a previous arrest in July for killing around 20 hamsters with a 19-year-old accomplice in February.
Both women have also been arrested, according to Hiroyuki Nasu, a senior police official in Miyako, Iwate. The suspect's smartphone contained videos of the killings, as well as text messages showing them planning the acts. The police will continue to investigate the suspect and determine if he may have committed additional similar acts.
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